On Wed, 06 Aug 2003 12:06:58 +1000, Bill wrote: > Hi, > > I'm shortly to move house, and I'll be able to gain access to ADSL > (once > I get Telstra to lay the 'phone cables - 7 + weeks to date), so I'm > interested in info re suitable recommended modems. > > I won't be going with BigPond, but will select an ISP with more > reasonable download limits. > > Any recemmendations/experiences with ADSL modems will be appreciated.
Avoid Alcatel ADSL modems; most of them seem to have security issues. Pretty much everything else is good and it all comes down to price. Also try and go for an ISP which uses either bridging or routing rather (Telstra ADSL B or C modes, iirc) than PPPoE. That way, you won't be subject to strange PMTU/MTU problems/clamping. Typically the ISPs which issue static IP addresses by default do this. Anand -- SLUG - Sydney Linux User's Group - http://slug.org.au/ More Info: http://lists.slug.org.au/listinfo/slug
